42 The Naturalist. 



Sainfall for g^itgust. 





Height 



of 

 gauge 



Rain- 

 fall. 



No. 



of 



Total Fall. 

 TO Date. 



theaviest 

 Fall. 



Amount 

 of 



heaviest 

 fall. 





above 



sea 

 level. 



Days 



1877. 



1876. 



Huddersfield (Dalton) 



Ft. 



350 



In 



4-02 



21 



25-63 



*19 40 



22nd 



0-66 



(J. W. Robsorx.) 





Wakefield (F.Hill.)..- 



120 



3-87 



20 



22-86 



... 



25th 



0-74 



Leeds ...(H. Crowther.) ... 



183 



4-08 



20 







25tli 



0-70 





360 



6-40 



23 



37-75 





ISth 





rJarnsley (i. Lister.) ... 



350 



4-32 



22 





25th 



0.93 





853 



6-26 



23 







25th 



0-90 



Wentworth Castle (Do.) 



600 















Goole... (H, F. Parsons.) ... 



25 



5 35 



16 



18-77 



13-63 



15th 



1.23 



■* This is the average to date for 11 years, 1866-76. 



Bkadford Naturalists' Society. — Meeting Sept. 4th, Mr. Illingworth 

 in the chair. — Messrs. Bower and Hebblethwaite exhibited cases of 

 insects taken by them at Monkswood, amongst which were Argynws 

 Paphia, Theda quercus, T. Betn^ce, CoUas Edusa, C. Helice, O. Rhamni, 

 Arge Galathea, &,c. A fine specimen of Vanessa Polychhrus, taken in 

 Priestman's Mill^ Manchester-road, was exhibited ; Mr. Carter, fine 

 specimens of Vanessa Cardui, bred from larvse taken in the district ; Mr. 

 Illingworth, larv88 of Saturnia carpini, Smerintlins populi, and specimens 

 of Folia Chi, var. oUvacea ; Mr. Soppit, a fine specimen of C. Edusa, 

 taken at Low Moor, Aug. 15th. — H. T. S. 



Goole Scientific Society. — The last excursion of the season was made 

 on Saturday, Sept. 15th, to Snaith, Carlton, and Camblesforth Common. 

 At the latter place the party were met by several members of the Selby 

 Naturalists' Society. Sections were examined of the new red sandstone 

 between Carlton and Camblesforth, and of the alluvial sand at Cambles- 

 forth Common. In spite of the season being so far advanced, 161 species 

 of Yasculares were observed, including two not before recorded in the 

 neighbourhood, viz. : — 8enecio saracenicus, and Hieracium tridentatum, ; 

 also Thalijctrum flamim; Stellaria aqiiatica, Bhamnus Frangula, CEnanthe 

 Jisttdosa, (E. PhellandHum, Gh(Eropliyllum anthriscus, Cardnus nutans, 

 Gnaphalmm sylvaticum, Bidens cermia, Hottonia ijalustris, Scolopendriwrn 

 vulgare, and Equisetum sylvaticum. The mosses (14) and lichens (11) 



